Božidar Puretić

Božidar Puretić (1921 in Bjelovar – 1971 in Zagreb) was a Croatian physician. In 1962 he described a case of juvenile hyaline fibromatosis as a unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia.[1] This very rare disease had been first described by Dr. John Murray in 1873 and termed molluscum fibrosum.[2] No cases were subsequently reported and it had become almost forgotten before Puretić's case.[3]

References
  1. Puretić, S.; Puretić, B.; Fisher-Hermann, M.; Adamčić, M. (1962). "A unique form of mesenchymal dysplasia". Br J Dermatol. Vol. 74, no. 1. pp. 8–19. PMID 14489244.
  2. Murray, J. (1873). "On three peculiar cases of Molluscum Fibrosum in children in which one of the following conditions were observed: hypertrophy of the gums, enlargements of the ends of the fingers and toes, numerous connective-tissue tumours on the scalp and other parts of the surface of the body, with vatious superficial affections of the skin". Med Chir Trans. Vol. 56. pp. 235–254.1. PMC 1988914.
  3. "The Gene for Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis Maps to Chromosome 4q21". Am J Hum Genet. Vol. 71, no. 4. 2002. pp. 975–980. PMC 378553.
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